Seven multimedia experts have been selected to advise the Minister of Heritage, Pascale St-Onge, as part of the renewal of the role of Canada’s public broadcaster.
Canadian Heritage says the group will provide strategic advice primarily on the governance and financing of CBC/Radio-Canada.
The ministry says it is determined to ensure that the public broadcaster continues to offer services it describes as “vital” to Canadians.
He also specifies that consultations on the mandate of CBC / Radio-Canada have already been carried out with the general public.
The newly appointed advisory committee will now help Ms. St-Onge chart the way forward, with members contributing their knowledge in various areas.
Pascale St-Onge says the committee members have diverse perspectives and experiences that will help her modernize the public broadcaster.
“The world has changed since the broadcaster’s beginnings in 1936,” the minister wrote in a press release. People need an independent public broadcaster that is strong, innovative and ready to meet the challenges posed by this period of transformation and upheaval in news and content creation. »
Ottawa wants to redefine the role of Radio-Canada before the next federal election, while the Liberals are guarding against a possible change of government.
The advisory committee includes:
— Marie-Philippe Bouchard, CEO, TV5 Québec Canada;
— Jesse Wente, president of the Canada Council for the Arts and founding executive director of the Indigenous Screen Bureau;
— Jennifer McGuire, executive director of Pink Triangle Press;
— David Skok, CEO and editor-in-chief of The Logic (independent media startup);
— Mike Ananny, associate professor of communications and journalism, University of Southern California Annenberg;
— Loc Dao, executive director of DigiBC;
— and Catalina Briceno, professor, University of Quebec in Montreal.